PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Haack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conor Harris has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andre Haack's chin.

Haack
vs
Harris

183 cm
29
183 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

190 cm
30
186 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Andre Haack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conor Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands with a cross.
Haack looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Haack throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Haack slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris moves out of range as Haack throws a body kick.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haack circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haack throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haack. Haack obviously looking to wear him down.
Haack misses with a low kick.
Haack takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haack fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Harris uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haack has time to react.
Haack moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Haack was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Haack moved away.
As Harris looks to move away, Haack throws a big counter combo but Harris just gets out of the way.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haack lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haack chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris cracks the inside of Haack's front leg.
Haack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andre Haack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haack lands with a kick to the temple. Harris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Haack misses with a hook
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris lands with a kick to the temple. Haack shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Haack pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Haack settles back down.
A jab from Haack does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haack throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A head kick misses from Haack.
Haack feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by Haack as he connects with a hook.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Haack moved out of range nicely.
Haack does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Haack there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haack scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
Haack looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Haack takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Haack misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
Harris walks forward, straight into a front kick from Haack.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Haack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haack looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
A nice side step and Harris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Haack looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haack lands a front kick.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Haack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haack throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Haack only half commits.
A little jabbing left from Harris on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces Haack off the cage and back into range.
Nice body kick from Haack.
Harris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haack half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Harris motions for Haack to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haack lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Haack blocks a jab.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Haack throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haack throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Haack lands with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Haack.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Haack throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Haack is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haack.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It appears Haack was looking to counter with a kick there.
Harris takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Haack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haack scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Haack feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Haack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Andre Haack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris misses with an uppercut. Haack saw that one coming.
Haack throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haack.
Harris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Haack bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Haack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Haack is just out of range.
Harris has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Haack.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Haack throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Andre Haack is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Conor Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Haack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Haack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Haack counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haack.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Haack rather than just go for the knockout.
Haack throws a body kick that misses.
Haack scores with a nice strike.
Haack misses with a body kick.
Harris wants to slow Haack down by chopping away at his legs.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Haack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haack misses with a kick to the body.
As Haack backs off Harris throws a huge counter combo but Haack manages to avoid it all.
Haack throws a big shot that misses.
Haack avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haack defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris looks for the body kick but Haack saw that one coming.
Haack with a hook.

Harris is rocked!
Haack walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Harris drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Haack swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Harris's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Haack!
During a confident post fight interview, Andre Haack thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.